Topline
YouTube is up again after a sitewide issue prevented videos from loading, the company confirmed Wednesday, but did not provide details about what caused the problem.
General views of Google's YouTube Space on October 15, 2020 in Playa Vista, California.
Key Facts
The outage lasted more than two hours after users began reporting issues slightly before 7 p.m. EST., according to DownDetector.
While the YouTube website was working, videos were stuck on a black screen with a white loading circle.
Users flocked to Twitter Wednesday night to voice their frustrations at the outage, resulting in the trending hashtag #YouTubeDOWN and plenty of jokes about the situation.
In a tweet, YouTube said, ...And we’re back—we’re so sorry for the interruption. This is fixed across all devices & YouTube services, thanks for being patient with us.”
The company did not provide details about what caused the outage.
